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Badin Lake Campground
OHV / 4×4 · U.S. Forest Service · NC · 35.44793, -80.07820
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 525 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- WWater13 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- PPropane34 mi
- DDump43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
525 ft
State
NC
Coordinates
35.44793, -80.07820
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAlls Fork (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townPalmerville · ~2.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.6 mi
- FuelBP · ~3.2 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~16.6 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesUwharrie Trails General Store · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~8.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicAtrium Health - Stanly · ~8.8 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~9.0 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomBadin Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBadin Lake Group Campground · ~0.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKing'S Mtn. Point Day Use Area · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCove Boat Launch · ~0.6 mi S · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Canebrake Horse Camp Overflow~1.7 mi
- Canebrake Horse Camp~1.8 mi
- Horse Camp~2.2 mi
- Deep Water Camp~3.1 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →